among the major Portuguese banks Abstract Following entry into the European Community (EC) in 1986, Portugal transformed rapidly its repressed banking system with deregulation, the opening of borders, the granting of new banking licenses, and privatisation. In a more integrated banking system, one would expect a higher level of competition. This paper reports an empirical assessment of the competitive condition among the major Portuguese banks. Using Rosse-Panzar methodology
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production but operate at respective optimal levels of economies of scale. A company’s cost position relies upon its relative market share. The higher the relative market share, the lower the company’s unit costs are and the higher the profit margins. Banks The efficient-structure theory also includes two hypotheses – the
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Commercial Banks and Specialized Banking Institutions. During the quarter-1 of financial year 2004 as per SBP Quarterly report there has been robust growth in deposit mobilization and credit off take with a rise of PKR 23.1 billion in net credit to the private sector[1]. The banking/financial sector in Pakistan comprises of Commercial Banks, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), Microfinance Banks (MFBs), Non-banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) (leasing companies, Investment Banks, Discount Houses
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show. In this paper we will attempt to test the correlation between the increase and decrease in price against the increase and decrease of the value of the currency for a specific country. II. Purchase Power Parity Purchase Power Parity can be defined as the law of one price where the identical product would sell for the same price no matter the location. The PPP is applying that law of one price to currency. Purchase Power Parity is an economic theory that estimates the amount of adjustment
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Introduction Stress tests, in the commercial banking literature, refer to assessing the impact of a rare but plausible shock to the financial system. Stress testing is a simulation technique, which are used to determine the reactions of different financial institutions under a set of exceptional, but plausible assumptions through a series of battery of tests. At institutional level, stress testing techniques provide a way to quantify the impact of changes in a number of risk factors on the assets
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DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR NOR AMIRA IZZATI BINTI MOHD IKHWAN 2011362629 NUR HASIDAH BINTI HUSSEIN 2011391659 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HONS) FINANCE FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA JOHOR. DECEMBER 2013 TITLE PAGE DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR NOR AMIRA IZZATI BINTI MOHD IKHWAN 2011362629 NUR HASIDAH BINTI HUSSEIN 2011391659 Submitted
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Socio-economic Impact of Remittance on Households: A Study on Khulna City Md. Ashif Hossain Economics Discipline Social Science School Khulna University Khulna, Bangladesh August, 2013 Socio-economic Impact of Remittance on Households: A Study on Khulna City …………………………………… Md. Ashif Hossain Student Number: BSS 0 9 1 5 0 8 Session: 2011-2012 Supervisor ……………………………………. Sk. Sharafat Hossen Assistant Professor Economics Discipline Khulna University Khulna, Bangladesh
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Is it true that Good Institutions Alleviate the Resource Curse? A Reassessment of Existing OLS Cross Country Evidence Malebogo Bakwena* Abstract The paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of resources on growth is conditional on the quality of institutions, by further building on Mehlum, Moene, and Torvik’s (2006b) influential work. Advances are made by re-testing the hypothesis, using: (a) a dataset of up to 53 countries over the period 1984-2003; and (b) a resource abundance indicator that
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CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITREATURE 7 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 9 REFRENCES 11 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Financial sector is the backbone of economy of a country. It works as a facilitator for achieving sustained economic growth through providing efficient monetary intermediation. A strong financial system promotes investment by financing productive business opportunities, mobilizing savings, efficiently allocating resources and makes easy the trade of goods and services
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his unflinching dedication, direction, continuous encouragement and above all his constant constructive criticism which saw this work through to a successful end. I also acknowledge sincerely the time and support of Professor Kodwo Ewusi (Head of Economics Department, Methodist University College, Ghana), whose excellent advice and suggestions contributed extensively to the accomplishment of this thesis. I am
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